Citizen Science Sends Research in New Directions
Release Date:
November 19, 2014
Citizen Science Sends Research in New Directions
Citizen science is a relatively new phenomenon in academia, a departure from long-held beliefs that only trained researchers can gather credible data. Citizen science is enabling universities to participate in large-scale projects over time: inventories of seasonal changes, water quality studies, animal monitoring. One early citizen science project in New Hampshire has utilized volunteers to study lakes for over three decades.